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You cannot work for food when there is no food for work.
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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Having a good discussion is like having riches
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It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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A bad cook also has his/her share of the bad food.
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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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If you run after two hares you will catch neither
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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